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Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:49:51 +0000http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=10732#comment-30572Albert Belle made derogatory comments about the people who tolerated him for years after he left the Indians.

The banner I remember flying over the stadium said “Will Rogers never met Albert Belle”. Accurate and but hardly derogatory.

Hey, nice cut-and-paste off of Wikipedia.
Yes, Belle was an a–hole, but he was a great baseball player and based on his statistics and performance on the field, he should be in the Hall of Fame. It is sad the amount of votes he got and is no longer on the ballot to get in. Ty Cobb is in the HOF, and he would make Belle look like a frikin saint.

It was a taken in baseball circles that Albert Belle was nuts… The Indians billed him $10,000 a year for the damage he caused in clubhouses on the road and at home, and tolerated his behavior only because he was an awesome slugger… He slurped coffee constantly and seemed to be on a perpetual caffeinated frenzy. Few escaped his wrath: on some days he would destroy the postgame buffet…launching plates into the shower… after one poor at-bat against Boston, he retreated to the visitor’s clubhouse and took a bat to teammate Kenny Lofton’s boombox. Belle preferred to have the clubhouse cold, below 60 degrees, and when one chilly teammate turned up the heat, Belle walked over, turned down the thermostat, and smashed it with his bat. His nickname, thereafter, was “Mr. Freeze

Yes Albert has always acted with such poise and as a mature adult. What a tool this guy is.